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Table 3.

Possible Associations between Either Periostin or NLR and Stroke Severity in the Patient Group.

Factors	Periostin		NLR

	Correlation Coefficient	P	Correlation Coefficient	P
NIHSS (at admission)	0.055	0.729	0.307	0.048

NIHSS (at 7th day)	−0.150	0.342	0.281	0.072

mRS (at admission)	0.090	0.572	0.236	0.132

mRS (at 7th day)	−0.115	0.469	0.315	0.042

Factors	Median Periostin, ng/ml [range]	P	Median NLR [range]	P

Comorbidity
None	3.88 [1.56–9.4]	0.731	3.6 [1.65–14.3]	0.448
HT	3.12 [1.19–7.18]		3.41 [2.21–19.13]
DM	2.94 [1.58–6.26]		2.95 [1.29–4.49]
HT+DM	2.87 [1.42–7.41]		2.52 [1.25–20.3]

Bamford classification
TACI	6.51 [1.97–9.4]	0.514	4.42 [3.46–20.3]	0.500
PACI	3.12 [1.42–7.41]		3.5 [1.25–19.13]
POCI	2.75 [1.19–5.44]		2.61 [1.65–14.3]
LACI	3.26 [1.56–9.13]		3.43 [1.29–7.37]

DM, diabetes mellitus; HT, hypertension; LACI, lacunar infarcts; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; PACI, partial anterior circulation infarcts; POCI, posterior circulation infarction; TACI, total anterior circulation infarcts.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2021 July; 12(3): e0021. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2021 July 20. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10440